Literature Stream Seminars: "The Aesthetic Footprint of Nymphs in Ovid’s Metamorphoses"

When and Where

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
205
Lillian Massey Building
125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C7

Speakers

Mariapia Pietropaolo, McMaster University

Description

2023-24 UofT Classics Literature Stream Seminars

The Aesthetic Footprint of Nymphs in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
 Mariapia Pietropaolo, Associate Professor, McMaster University

Speaker Bio

Professor Pietropaolo received her PhD in Classics from the University of Toronto in 2013. She joined the Classics department at McMaster in 2018. In 2021, she published her first book, titled The Grotesque in Roman Love Elegy, in which she explores the function and unexpected significance of ugliness and disfigurement in love elegies.

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125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C7

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